What are the facts?

Hunt agreed to a straight three-year contract to take over as Chiefs coach six months ago, with Dillion Sheppard and Arthur Zwane roped in as part of his technical team, while Lee Baxter stayed on as the goalkeeper coach.

He is the first Amakhosi coach since Steve Komphela in 2015 to be appointed on a deal that long. Giovanni Solinas was hired on a twoyear contract, but fired midway through his first season, while his successor, Middendorp, had an agreement that was six months longer than the beleaguered Italian.

Middendorp also didn’t see out his final year because he’d lost favour with the club and the two parties went their separate ways at the end of last season.

You’d have to go as far back as Stuart Baxter, nearly six years ago, for Chiefs’ successful campaign of a league and cup double.

The trophy cabinet has been empty since.

Hunt said he was well aware of the fact that he had to hit the ground running even with the FIFA ban hovering over his head.

“The future of football is now, in as much as I think a year in advance, but the future is now,” he told journalists when asked whether the sanction had afforded him the chance to rebuild the team at his own pace.

Hunt was in his second month on the job at the time and made it clear then that changes for him to have his ideal squad were imminent.

“I’ve obviously got a list longer than my arm, but that’s all pie in the sky. It’s like saying you want this one and that one and knowing it’s not possible,” the coach said at another press conference where he discussed transfer plans.

“Realistically, we are looking at targets like any club, even though we have not done it for some time now. But that is how it goes – what is attainable and what’s not is always a problem. You’ve got to be realistic,” he added.

Chiefs have begun discussing potential new players behind the scenes, so July 1 is a massive date for the Soweto giants.

But will Hunt still be at the helm?